Hair winder



' Jan. 26, 1943.

H. c. SCHLICKER 2,309,359

HAIR WINDER Filed Aug. 4, 1942 I INVENTOR. I M W.

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Patented Jan. 26', 1943 OFFICE HAIR WINDER Herman C. Schlicker, Brooklyn, N. Y., assignor to Stamford, Conn., a, cor- Clairol Incorporated, poration of Connectic Application August 4, 1942, Serial No. 453,595

4 Claims.

This invention relates generally to appliances for treating and dressing women's hair and is more particularly directed to a mandrel for use in winding the hair for treatment in producing various types of coiffures.

It is the primary object of this invention to provide a simple and inexpensive mandrel for winding womens hair, which may be readily used by the inexpert as well as the experienced hair dresser, in attaining more efficient results than has been possible with available devices of the kind, especially in producing certain types of hair arrangements which call for so-called permanent setting of the hair.

Another important object of this invention is to provide a device possessing the aforesaid advantages and characteristics, whereby a uniform distribution of a waving or relaxing solution applied to the hair wound or wrapped thereon is obtained, my device being so formed that rapid penetration of the solution to the innermost coils of the hair wound thereon is assured, so that the preparation of the hair for treatment may be more expeditiously accomplished to produce a hair wave that will have a greater degree of permanency than heretofore.

It is also an object of this invention to provide a hair winding device, a aforementioned, which may be produced of non-metallic material or any suitable metal in a unitary form, relative movement of parts and the employment of springs and other media in its structure, being entirely eliminated, insuring a maximum durability and economy in production.

Other, objects and advantages flowing from the practicing of my invention will become evident as the description proceeds.

In the accompanying drawing, I have shown a preferred embodiment of my invention, as it may be produced with any suitable material.

In the drawing:

Figure 1 is a plan view of my winding device, showing the hair wrapped or wound thereon, a portion of the outer windings being cut away to disclose the relative disposition of the inner coils of hair.

Figure 2 is a longitudinal sectional View of the structure shown in. Figure 1, taken on the line 2-2 of Figure 5.

Figure 3 is a transverse section on the line 3-3 of Figure 2.

Figure 4 is a cross-section on the line 4-4 of Figure 2, and

Figure 5 is a view in elevation of the righthand end of the device, as shown in Figure 1.

At its Opposite end, the peripheryof the rod or mandrel is undercut, as at H, to form an annular flange l2 in spaced relation to the contiguous end of the body-portion 1, the peripheral edge of said flange being interrupted by diametrically oppositely located slots I3 and 14 which extend across the outer face of the flange, as shown in Figure 5, in a cruciform arrangement, and within said undercut surface I I, which is of greater diameter than the neck 9 and is adapted to function as a drum upon which a hair retaining elastic or other cord may be wound, as and for the purposes hereinafter set forth.

The periphery of the body-portion 'l of the winding rod, as will be observed, is provided with a series of, preferably, equidistantly spaced slots or grooves extending from end to end thereof, the alternate slots or grooves, as herein shown, being of different widths, as indicated at l5 and "5, although, if preferred, they may be of the same transverse dimensions.

These longitudinally disposed grooves l5 and I6 may be produced in said body-portion in any suitable manner so that the base-defining surfaces of opposite grooves are parallel, all of the grooves being, of a uniform graduated depth, the depth of each thereof being greatest at its respective ends and gradually diminishing toward the median line thereof, as a result of the formation of a straight or level base groove in a concave body of the type herein shown. In other words, becauseof the concave contour of the body-portion of the rod, the side wall-defining surfaces of thegrooves are highest at the ends of the body portion and decrease in height toward the transverse axis of the rod, as is clearly shown in Figure 2,

In utilizing my winding device, a strand of hair which has been previously wet with an appropriate liquid, is wound or wrapped upon the body-portion thereof by first applying thereto the end of the strand of hair and then revolving the rod in the fingers of one hand while the hair is retained in position on the rod under the guidance of the other hand. until the hair windings have been multiplied sufiiciently to prevent relative movement between the rod and the innermost winding, when both. hands may be employed to manipulate the rod to complete the winding operation, it being obvious that the hair may be tightly or loosely wound, at the option of the operator.

When the winding operation has been completed, an elastic or other cord, or other suitable means may be employed to maintain the hair in position upon the rod. In the present embodiment of my invention, the head or knob IQ of the device, as-at l8 and stretched taut across the outermost hair winding in engagement with the outer end of one of the longitudinal grooves l5 and I6 of the bodyportion and drawn through the slot l3 which is preferably alined with the groove end, for disposition on the base thereof, within the undercut portion ll, to be successively wrapped upon the periphery of said undercut portion and enteredin frictional engagement with the slot N. This interlocking engagement of the cord with the end of the rod not only provides a simple and easily accomplished in hair in position upon the rod, but one which insures the retention of the hair in wound position 'until the operator desires to remove the rod. There is no possibility of the hair becoming loose upon the rod, or of a relative shifting of the rod and the hair wound thereupon, as may occur with other types of fasteners which may be dislocated from their functioning positions by the hand of the operator accidentally coming into contact therewith during jacent devices.

The hair is now ready for the application of the waving or relaxing solution. As this liquid thod of retaining thea cord I1 is looped over the manipulation of adis applied to the outer winding, it percolates through the hair to thoroughly wet it in its entirety, this desirable and highly essential end being attained in the practicing of my invention,

by the provision of the longitudinal grooves in the body-portion of the rod or mandrel, the ai-r passing therethrough inducing a capillary'action which causes layer of hair windings and permeate the innermost coils. even in the area where the hair is massed in greatest thickness. Consequently, the entire strand of hair wound upon my rod or mandrel is uniformly saturated, so that the subsequent setting attains a degree of permanency that cannot be obtained in the use of prior winding means, in which the inner ends or portions of the coiled strand of hair'are insufliciently or non-uniformly saturated with the'setting solution.

From the foregoing, it will be manifest that I have provided a simple rod or mandrel for use in preparing the hair for dressing in various styles, in which recourse to a setting solution is the liquid to rapidly penetrate the manipulation of essential, whereby'a more thorough application of such solution to the hair under treatment is made possible and a greater degree of permanency of the wave in the ultimate styling produced by the operator may be effected.

I claim:

1. A winding rod for use in the treatment of women's hair, including a body-portion having a concave periphery and a plurality of longitudinally disposed grooves circumferentially spaced on said body-portion, each of said grooves being of greatest depth at its respective ends, the depth thereof gradually diminishing toward a point the operator may be effected.

2. A winding rod for use'in the womens hair, including a body-portion having a concave periphery and, a plurality of circumferentially spaced longitudinally disposed grooves formed in said body-portion, the base-defining surfaces of diametrically oppositely located grooves being parallel, the depth of all of said grooves being greatest at the respective ends of said body portion and gradually diminishing toward the median line thereof, in conformity with the contour of the peripheral surface of said body-portion defining the side grooves.

3. 'A winding rod for use in the treatment of womens hair, including a body-portion having a concave periphery formed with a plurality of circumferentially spaced longitudinally disposed grooves, an extension at one end of said bodyportion forming a finger grip for effecting the said rod in a winding operation, an extension at the opposite end of said bodyportion embodying a flange, said flange and said latter extension being provided with transversely disposed slots, one bisect'ing the other and flexible means connected to said grip-forming extension adapted to be disposed longitudinally of said body-portion for frictional engagement with the slots in said extension and said flange, for interlocking said flexible means to said rod to scourge hair wound thereupon againstdislodgmen 4. A winding device for use in the treatment means for retaining a plurality of windings of a strand of hair upon said body-portion for the application of the hair setting solution thereto, said grooves serving as air ducts beneath the innermost winding of the hair superimposed upon said body portion for inducing a capillary action to cause the liquid to thoroughly saturate the hair windings in a completepenetration thereof from the outermost'winding to that directly superimposed upon the surface of said rod.

HERMAN 0. sol CKER.

treatment of F wall of said v v J CERTIFICATE OF CORRECTION. Pstent No. 2,309,359. I January 26, 191,

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it is hereby certified that error appears in the printed specification of the sboye nsmbered ntent requiring eorrection as follows: Page 2, sec- 0nd column, 11;;6- 11;, claim: 1, strike out the words "the operator may be veffected and insert instead -'-midway between the ends -the'reof-- and that the said Letters Patent should be read with this correction therein that the same may conform to therecor d of the case inthe Patent Office.

Signed and sealed this 22nd day of Au ust; A. 1). 191m.

Leslie Frazer (Seal) Acti'ng Commissioner of Patents. 

